Configuring TCP stack to go online only when needed...

[Jose]

Hi. There's a tutorial on how to do this in MiamiDx but I'd like to use my W2k machine as the main machine. Is there a tutorial on how to do it in W2k?  :oops:
BTW, this is to avoid using time in an ADSL package that's time limited rather than transfer limited...

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[_ThEcRoW]

W2k network configuration? What exactly are you looking for?

[Thomas]

@Jose:

I don't know what you expect, too.

Either you have a direct PPPoE connection to the DSL modem, then there is a dummy entry in the dialup connections which you can set online or offline as you like. Usually InternetExplorer even asks if it should take the connection offline if you close the last window.

Or you have a small home network with a DSL router, then you have to configure the router to go offline after some time of non-usage. Going offline with Miami or Win2K while the router stays online does not save any money.

Bye,
Thomas

[Jose]

Hi. Well, I'm not into newtworking at all, so give me a discount here. In this case it's a direct connection to the DSL modem. What I want is the connection to be shutdown when not needed, even if just 5 seconds idle. This would allow me to cut down costs. For example I might start FireFox, open 2 or 3 webpages and read them for a minute, then go on opening a few more links after that, and so on. During the time I'm reading them I'm not downloading anything and time is counting.

[Thomas]

Well, I don't know about Win2K, but on XP, if you open the properties of the dial-up connection, there is a page with options where you can specify the idle time after which it automatically hangs up. The smallest amount you can choose is one minute, though.

I'd rather suggest to look for another provider with a volume rate. Your current one sounds quite expensive if every second offline time counts. Even back in the times when I used a serial modem and telephone costs where rather high, I never minded being online for half an hour or so. I cannot imagine that DSL should be so much more expensive nowadays.

Bye,
Thomas

[Jose]

Arrgg, only 1 minute minimum!! Thanks Thomas, it's the same in W2K.

"I'd rather suggest to look for another provider with a volume rate. Your current one sounds quite expensive if every second offline time counts."

The trick is that with DSL it doesn't have any activation rate, so if I don't need to use programs that need a permanent connection it won't spend more if the connetion is shut down.

[Jose]

MiamiDx on the other hand allows that setting in seconds :-)
Maybe there's a way around this in Windows though I couldn't find any program/patch that does it.

[Chain]

http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/194/

Registry Settings

System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\
Parameters]
Value Name: Autodisconnect
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: 0 to 4,294,967,295 (0xffffffff) in minutes

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